Lynežeris is a village in ,
VarÄ—na district municipality
Varėna () is a city in Dzūkija, southern Lithuania. It is the capital of the Varėna district municipality, district of Varėna. Currently, there are 7,794 residents. The Varėna district is the largest and most forested Municipalities of Lithu ...
,
Alytus County
Alytus County () is one of ten counties of Lithuania, counties in Lithuania. It is the southernmost county, and its Capital (political), capital is the city of Alytus. Its territory lies within the Regions of Lithuania, ethnographic region of DzÅ ...
, southeastern
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 34 people. At the 2011 census, the population was 24.
Etymology
The name ''Lynežeris'' comes from the nearby lake of the same name. It means 'a lake of
tench
The tench or doctor fish (''Tinca tinca'') is a freshwater, fresh- and brackish water, brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including Great Britain, Britain and Ireland east into Asia as far ...
es' ( 'a tench' + 'a lake'). The village is mentioned in earlier sources as and (from the word of same origin 'a tench').
References
Villages in VarÄ—na District Municipality
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